@HerraBRE If you decide to go, don’t “just check it out.” Go with the intention of stirring shit up and confronting those prejudices you find. Go with the intention of using your position of clout and privilege to shine a light on any disparities or toxic patterns you find.

Not easy. But neither is being on the receiving end of that kind of community’s toxic shit.

Good on ya for openly considering your options and recognizing you have a choice to make!!!

@HerraBRE Sounds like an answer to me. If you don’t have the energy or bandwidth to attend in a way that is positive and supportive, skip it. Better than being part of a silent consenting majority, adding your name to the weight of the toxic culture.

Support and positive contributions are awesome! But you gotta take care of yourself, too.

Any alternate, more inclusive conference you could attend instead? Not blockchain specific, but overlapping/adjacent perhaps?